The first cast members for the third instalment of the whodunnit franchise A Knives Out Mystery have been announced as The Challengers star Josh O’Connor and Priscilla actor Cailee Spaeny . They will be joining Daniel Craig , who will be reprising his role as the world-famous detective Benoit Blanc in the third Netflix film in the murder mystery franchise, titled Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery . Rian Johnson , who is returning to write the script, announced the new movie’s title on X/Twitter last week, writing: “The next Benoit Blanc mystery, the follow-up to Knives Out and Glass Onion , is called Wake Up Dead Man .
” Netflix also confirmed Craig’s return and the sequel title on its Tudum site following Johnson’s post. “That’s right, Daniel Craig is back as the suave Southern investigator in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery , a new instalment of the whodunnit franchise written and directed by Rian Johnson. Blanc will be unravelling a brand-new murder mystery in an as-yet-undisclosed setting, surrounded by a new colorful cast of suspects,” a statement read.
The Hollywood Reporte r then confirmed reports that O’Connor and Spaeny would be joining Craig, as both actors come into the film off the back of successful breakout roles, with O’Connor starring in the tennis drama The Challengers alongside Zendaya and Mike Faist, and previously played a young King Charles in Netflix British royal family drama series The Crown . Spaeny starred in the Pris.
